I will never forget this day maybe. Never. Actually if I be honest with myself, I donât want to forget it myself. I am writing to record it.
It is like one week today since I am doing proper driving. Not to mention I never drove at night or say after Magreb. I stopped near Paradise for some medicines. I was with my mother. We were leaving the shop when the bomb exploded. Let me explain. It was HUGE EXPLOSION. HUGE. Within seconds dust was everywhere. Sky was looking as if someone lit lantern there. It was ajeeeb⌠Ammi was afraid. She was like âchaloo chalooâ. I was like âammi ruk jaeen thora! Let it all cool downâ.
People started shutting down their shops. The âall-laughing-areaâ became area of remorse. People were running. They were hitting each other. Everything got messed up. Everything was in front of me. Everything.
The first thing which came in my mind was little absurd, âWhat about car? Is it exploded with explosion?â The reason this came in my mind was because I parked little far away from the shop because of the congested area. And that âfar-away-placeâ was near the place where bomb exploded. I was continuously asking ammi to wait, to wait, let everything cool down. But my typical ammi. ânae! Bass chaloo ghar chaloo!â I was like âyaar mujhay gari nahi ati chalani..Why donât you understand!.. Everyone is in hurry. Everyone wants to go. If you have to die, you will die anywhere anytime. Just believe it!â
She was still ânahi nahi! Bas chalooâ .. I said to myself âWafa ammi is saying. Ammi ammi hoti hainâ. I reversed.. ammi was like âspeed do, bhagaooâ.. I was like âBASS! â I know I screamed. But it was the only thing which I could do. She was on verge of crying. I had faced similar situations and I knew the only solution is to âcool downâ. The only difference was all those times I wasnât the driver and today I was the driver. A NEW DRIVER.
Next thing which happened was what I was expecting âEverything was JAM PACkâ means we had to reverse. I hate reversing. And reversing in between so many cars was task! Seriously Allah is merciful. I was reversing when everything started clearing. And again I changed my gear to 1st.
Ambulances were everywhere. Sounds of ambulances were complete torture. Moreover, people who ever acting as âvolunteersâ were the one I wanted to slap; like TIGHTELY slap. They were hitting every car k âchaloo chalooâ ..I was like âaray kuttoo jab jaga nahi hai tu kahan say nikalooon!â and seriously it was not because I am new driver and I couldnât see the space, actually there wasnât any space seriously.
The dose I gave to ammi wasnât enough I guess. So ammi said âTurn left, Turn left.. everyone is going thereâ. I had two options. Either I go straight for which I had to wait and second was to turn left and let everyone go. I took left. And boooo welcome the road to âPatel Hospitalâ. Though the road was clear but I knew these cars were going towards Patel. This was my decision to just STOP! I parked the car. Ammi was like chaloo chaloo⌠agay chaloo⌠I wasnât sure if Ammi was showing âbachpanaâ or I was. I asked ammi to cool down.
We saw ambulances coming one after the other. Each carrying at least three people. And the way they were being carried was awful. There was an ambulance which had four patients. Two were on bed. Other was on floor of ambulance. His head was out of ambulance. Latka hoa. And the fourth one was lying on him. It was AWFUL. I swear.
Then we saw a man walking holding his head. He was full in blood. It seemed as if someone dipped him in pool of blood and took him out. I was seriously ashamed of myself. I wish I could have helped him. I wish.
After 10-15 min I reversed because ammi was watching all this and I knew it will stick in her head. I said to myself âI have to do itâ. So reversed and went again to the same road and BOOO! Another blast! This time I was like âI HAVE TO GO; THATâS IT!â Alhamdullilah Alhamdullilah Alhamdullilah I know how I drove. I know how controlled I was. KherrâŚ.
Today I saw what happens in these scenarios. What I donât understand is why people do it. Like if I make assumptions here. Then,
- Party clashes ( Allah k banday! You are killing thousands just to take revenge!?)
- Jihad. (Is this Jihad? LANAT!)
- I am blank.
I dunno what else can be the reason. Whatever it can be. Its bad. Very bad. Please Fear Allah. All I can say.
P.s- Its now 2hrs since we r home. And I can notice ammi is still absent. She is watching news since then. I knew this is going to happen.
I still dunno I was the one acting childish or ammi. But I think it is ammi this time.